Warning: This chapter is a bit more graphic than usual. From direct action, not through, implication.

What if Silvana found the mirror first:

After some kiss and make up with Amitie after utterly, brutally, dominating her in a rematch. (No more hard feelings between them.) Silvana volunteered to go into the crypt.

She came across a dimly lit circular room. The item Akuma described was in front of her. Sil just snatched the thing and was on her merry way.

Actually, no. That be too easy. The room darkened. A big pair over yellow glowy eyes blocked the way the harlequin came in. Sil found herself a bit intimidated. "You dare steal my treasure, meow?"

"Y-Yeah." She bounced herself out of it. If Arle knew one thing it was to talk back. "Hope you don't need it." She tried to walk past him. But some invisible force lifted her up. "Wh-What's going on?" She got herself not so tightly entangled and can't get loose.

"Myehehehe-Myeeeh! Well, you got me. I don't need it. Mreow. But you did intrude my, The Prince of Darkness', latest hidemeowt."

"You're not Satan." The shadow's captive said bluntly.

"Nya?" The room lit up showing Silvana she's wrapped up in the tail of a shadowy cat.

"You're a pretty lame Prince if you have to hide out…" Sil rolled her eyes.

"Hmm. I admieowre your sharp tongue. Tell you what." The shadow dropped Sil to the ground without warning.

"Ow."

"If ya solve this purrzzle I'll let you go scot free."

"Not more puzzles, I'm sick of those just getting here!"

"Yes more purrzzles. Listen good:"

*Bla bla bla*

"How many crows live to tattle on their friends?"

"None, they don't have friends." Sil answered without second thought.

"Th-That's right! But-But how did you?"

Sil was just as surprised "It just a sarcastic answer, really, honest." She shrugged, content she didn't have to Puyo for once. "Now let me go."

The shadow demon, though incredibly upset, stepped aside to let her leave.

"One last purresent from me." The Shadow cat took out an amethyst pearl out of its body. Sil accepted it. "Now don't go telling where you got it from. Or my claws, may need a new scratching post." He tried one last trick on intimidation.

"I don't need this pearl." Sil caught the cat off guard with that reply. She threw the pearl back in its face.

Alternate Alternate 17: Redundant Red-Eyed Forgery

What if: Amitie still found the mirror, but…

"How come it doesn't work right now? It's standing in front of Miss Ammy, so shouldn't there be a creepy clone of her?"

"Because, Lidelle." Mister Know-It-All answered before Akuma could. "It needs energy from Amethyst Pearls to function, it fuels it. Mr. Akuma said it was safe, didn't he? He must've drained it of its power."

Akuma tried to correct Klug. "It was already drained, I can't drain Amythest Pear-"

"Amethyst Pearl? Like this one?" Amitie pulled the shadow beast's treasure, it was directly in the mirror's light.

Silvana, without missing a beat, tackled Amitie to cover her up. "AMITIE! NOOOOOO!"

"Whoawhawhoa!"

She succeeded, rolling against the wall with Amitie in her arms. Everyone was kinda impressed at Sil's action. But the mirror still absorbed the pearl's energy… A body still came out of it.

Everyone was too focused on the Doppelganger on the floor. Sil let herself loose from Amitie and just looked it.

"Great!" Sil angrily yelled. "Just what I needed. A death sentence!" That was her immediate reaction. "Oh shoot!" But soon figured out the implications of this. 'I forgot I was a Doppelganger. That's good, I'm progressing, and I don't feel the urge. But now… Boy, is she gonna…?'

The harlequin slammed the mirror downwards. "I need a Knife!"

"Why a knife, Sil?"

"DIDN'T YOU LISTEN TO AKUMA, AM!? When she awakes she gonna be out for my blood! And I don't know how to snap necks! So I have to stab her!" Most in the room flinched at the harsh words coming out of the clown.

Akuma cleared his throat. "Silvana is right, her Doppelganger could gain consciousness at any moment. Raffine, restrain her. MAKE SURE SHE CAN'T MOVE HER ARMS, KUMA!"

"On it."

"And be as rough as you like!" Sil added.

"You don't have to ask me twice." The rich girl smirked as she did what she was told for once.

"I'll go get my WEAPONS! KUMA! FOR GOODNESS' SAKE, PLEASE BE SAFE, KUMA!" The teacher darted off in a panic.

Raffine sat on the body. Just in time. Doppelganger Silvana woke up. "Hrmm? Since when do I sleep with a flour bag on my back? Where did Arms go?"

"Oh great, she's awake."

"Please tell me that's me talking to myself in my dreams again, and that I'm got… No, please no." Doppelganger Sil looked up to herself.

"Not again!" She roared, trying to get loose.

"Again?" The chorus behind Sil's back repeated.

She glared at them and glared harder at her Doppelganger. 'This is surreal…' The Doppelganger Sil chuckled nervously back.

"Fuheheheh. Don't look at me like that, double faker! My identity was bound to drop!" Her voice was full stop full of hatred and anger.

Sil's lips stretched a bit as she looked back again at her classmates. Now back at her Double. "But I hoped to wait a few years!" She channeled some anger as well. "And I'm the real one."

"Prove it!"

"I will! Does anyone have a non-magical mirror?" She asked calmly in the class.

"Here, break it and you'll regret it." Raffine lent her make-up mirror.

"Thanks… Look."

Doppel Sil focused her eyes. "Red eyes on the mask, purple-ish hair? Why!? Oh, and everything that's red is now somewhere between blue and lavender… Well, that makes me feel a bit better, my eyesight's normal again too."

Sil snorted a bit.

"What's so funny, Doppel?"

For that Sil kicked her Doppel in the face. "Don't call me that! And what's funny is that you don't have a plaid pattern."

"What?"

"You have… Dunno what's it's called but it certainly isn't plaid."

"It's called Argyle, thank you very much." Raffine corrected.

"Face it, Not Me. You're an imperfect clone, of an imperfect clone!"

*Screaming Rage*

*The gasps of Amitie and Lidelle*

"Wait, you just confirmed without a doubt that you yourself are a Doppelganger too." Doppel Sil grinned.

"Hrnngh. It's past the point of no return."

Klug cleared his throat. "So let me get our facts straight. Silvana is a Doppelganger and the Silvana on the floor is a Doppelganger's Doppelganger?"

"Good job, Klug."

"You have ears. And don't say it like that! It's infuriating!" The Sils snarked.

"I figured it out already before you it became blatant." Klug adjusted his glasses. "What makes me concerned is all our lives here. How can we trust you knowing the both of you are immoral copies created to break apart relationships?"

"What have done with the real Sil, you phoney?" Amitie spoke up.

"I am the real Sil!"

"So am I! And I have had enough of this! If you deny your place in the world then I'm gonna kill and replace right here and right now you to do it for you before I go crazy! Fireball!" Doppelganger Sil casted fire, it caught Raffine's butt on fire. She ran out of the room like a Hohow with his head chopped off. Everyone else in the room was scared, to different degrees.

"If you're saying that it means you're already crazy. Doubleganger."

"Mrgrgr!" Double stood up. "You know what I mean. Before I get single-minded and get all creepy, giggling like a psychopath!"

"You mean you aren't already? And aren't you admitting now that you're my Doppelganger?"

"I'll kill you!" Double tackled Sil, trying to strangle her. Sil fought back

"And I'll let you try."

"¿Que?" Silvana threw Double off. Literally and figuratively, causing some mixed but mostly concerned reactions. "You are? What's the catch?"

"The catch is that only one of us shall survi-"

"Duh!"

"Shut up, Double! Wasn't done yet!"

*Sockpuppet hand mock repeat*

"Hrngh." Sil tried to calm herself a bit again. She needed to make this look as attractive as possible.

"I have some conditions. One: Let's battle outside. This might be your school soon and your friends and Klug… and Raffine. Let's keep them out of harm's way."

"Why should I listen to you- Ah, oh, ummm… Fair point. And number two?"

"…Lemme say goodbye to everyone, I don't want any more regrets other than you replacing me…"

Double thought about it. "Go ahead."

"Thanks. You're not gonna do the same?"

"Why should I? The real one should prevail."

"Idiot." Sil muttered as she turned to her classmates. While keeping an eye on Double. "I'll make it quick. And I know I you probably a bit scared of me now. Trust me, I know that reaction very well…"

"Here Am, candy, sorry for being so mean yesterday, and thanks for the birthd-" Sil buried her head in her palms. "I might die the day after my birth-" "Thanks, Sil, sorry for turning the mirror on." Sil sighed. "It happens. Sig." Sil's lip trembled, as was her hand as she tried to remove her mask. She couldn't go do it. She still might have to live life after this. A tight hug will do. "Thanks."

"I'll miss you, too."

"I want you to keep my bag. Please take care of Arms." She whispered before she broke off. "If I never see you guys again I just want say that I liked most of you and living here has been… Well… It's the best thing what happened. Tell Donguri the Circus is his. Don't make mistakes like me and that cold-hearted harlequin over there!"

"Stop projecting! It hurts!"

"Our existence hurts!"

"Let us help!" Chirped Amitie. Sil and Double looked at her like she's crazy.

"I'll help too."

"Siiiiig."
"Not you too."

"I would help too, but I'm too scared to. I'm so sorry, Miss Sil…"

"Lideeeelle…/Lidelle?"

Klug kept quiet. Perhaps he didn't care about the outcome. Sil doesn't care about how much he cares. Raffine probably sitting somewhere in a bucket of water right now. But she probably wouldn't come to an aid.

Still… It did surprise Sil. But… "Sorry, but I'll have to this alone."

"Yeah, I don't want you guys either." Double backed up.

"But-"

"No buts, Am! My M.I.Q. is 182."

"One hundred and…" *Thud* Klug's heart skipped a beat and fainted.

"Klug! Amitie yelled."

"Psha, looks like he figured out the dangerous spells we can cast, Doppel."

"Don't call that, Double. But she's right, you guys won't be safe. Got it?"

"I've waited enough!" Double's head boiled the whole time. Then she tackled Sil through the window.


"Why don't we settle this with Puyo Puyo?"

"Fine with me! 500k Yon rules!"

Sil shivered at Double's suggestion. "You monster!"

"Hi Pot. Let's just use magic, straight up." The push up their sleeves.

"Ahahah!"
"Fufufu!"
"Chaos!"
"Idiot!"
"Abyss!"
"Strong Club!"
"Ragnarok!"
"Diamond Cutie!"
"Labyrinth!"
"Royal Heart!"
"Eclipse!"
"An Ace in Spades!"
"Armageddon!"
"Full House!"
"Armageddon!"
"Full House!"
"Armageddon!"
"Full House!"
"Armageddon!"
"Full House!"
"Armageddon!"
"Full House!"

Etc. … They were quite good at dodging each other's spells.

But they did hurt. Sil had a pigtail burned off and some nasty burn wounds. Double was a bit less damaged. Full House wasn't as powerful. It's a bit more long ranged though.

Sil's fingers began to pulsate from casting so much, who knows how long they've been at it. That's should mean that Double should stop soon, Armageddon is one of the highest levels of spells, so…

"Hyaahahahahaw!" Double cried out in pain. She was too focused on her target to pay attention to her now cracked open fingers.

"Fufufu. Looks like I have the upper hand, Double! You can't use your magic anymore!"

"Royal Heart! Ah! That's not enough, it only makes it hurt less! GRrrrrrrgh! I don't need magic to take you down! Aaaaaaaaaah!" Double stampeded straight to Silvana.

Silvana saw this as an opportunity to cast her final spells before she should stop doing so herself. At the risk of revealing to whoever else was in earshot. "Fireball! Ice Storm! Want more?!" She taunted in response to her reflection slowing but immediately regretted doing that, it made her even angrier and motivated. She's closing in! "Diacute! Mind Bla- Umfph." She got shoulder tackled to the ground.

Double got onto Sil, she took her thumbs straight to Sil's neck. But she caught Double's wrists in time. "WHY! WON'T! YOU! JUST! DIIIEEE!" The struggle was painful for both. And to think the rage shown on the mask didn't convey the rage accurately enough…

"And to think I'll become like you again one day. It makes me sick! Even without taking out this taste of my own medicine in acCOUNT!" Double almost slipped through but Silvana flipped the script. Now SHE is the choker on top, while Double resisted.

"And Hrmmgh honestly, for a moment back at school I did consider there is some benefit to you replacing me."

"Come ag*cough*gain?!"

"You heard me! If you took over my life I wouldn't have to worry anymore. No more fear. You could've worn my mask and claim you claimed your own blue colored jacket as a battle trophy, just add a little dye. And you a have succeeded in replacing me. Everything should be fine."

"Don't think I'm done with replacing you! I'm replacing Arle too, no matter how my friends'll protest it!"

Silvana frowned deeply and angrily. "Forgot to never get my hopes up again. You've truly lost it already if think that's a good idea! Giving up now would be a bad idea anyway. None of my friends are in the Puyo Underworld. Besides, if anyone is gonna replace Arle, it's gonna be me!" Doppel screamed.

"KUH!" I another burst of rage, Double kicked Sil off.

"Fufufu. Glad to know you're losing it too. Let's try playing hostage." The eviler clone pulled out a familiar face out of her bag.

"Doppelganger Arms?" Sil tilted her head.

"Try going through this!" Double used her plush as a human shield.

"Fufufufufwaaaaah!"

"What makes you laugh now!?"

"Fufufu. Sorry, not laughing at you. But wouldn't it be kinda funny in a sick twisted way if Doppelganger Arms killed and replaced Arms?"

Double snickered too, not dropping her guard. "Fufufwheheheh! That is kinda funny! Fufufu."

"Fireball! OoooOOOW!" One more spell out of her hurting finger and it was done.

The spell hit Doppelganger Arms. "Hey! Why did you do that to him?! He's your buddy too!"

"Have you forgotten how little we care about our kind's lives? You're were gonna use mine anyways."

"Oh. Oops…"

Silvana tackled her into a fist fight.

"My eye!"
"Don't pull so hard! YOOOOOOOOOOOOW!"
"I should've trimmed our nails!"
"Missed! Ungh. Hit!"
"Umpf. Knee. In. Stomach. Blech!"
"A slap seems refreshingly simpl- Ouch you slapped my burn wounds!"
"Counter!"
"Not the mask!"
"My mask!"

"Silvana!"

"Who's? Oh yeah, that's me! Give the knife to me!"

"No, I'm Sil! Help get rid of her."

"Not to worry. I have eyes." Akuma casted a spell that restrained the Doubleganger Arle where she was. Above Silvana.

"No. Nonononono!"

"Here is the knife."

"Thanks, Akuma." Sil tried to get on her knees from underneath herself.

"Pain. Ow. Pain. Owowowow."

She applied some pressure and the day is done.

Sil collapses on top of double. Sil has some heavy clothing damage. But that isn't all. She is charred, scratched up, ripped off pigtail, the other one burned leaving a bald spot, nasty scratch marks, an eye maybe have gone blind, probably not allowed to cast magic for a while to make her fingers heal, needs medical aid and the mask is beyond repair.

She really needed a nap.

Akuma tried to lift her with his plushie body. "Sorry I didn't prepare a knife earlier. I didn't know, Amitie had an Amethyst Pearl. Thank goodness, you're still with us. You're the first original I managed to safe. Even if you're one of them yourself."

"Original? Fufufufuhahahaha! OwowHahahahahahwahaowhahahaha!" Sil laughed as hard as she could. "I'm the original." She smiled. Despite the quite a number of eye-witnesses was saw the battle.

How her life turned out after today is up to you to imagine. Sig did explain Sil's situation for her and Amitie feels at least guilty for Double's creation.

Author's Notes:

I did finish this chapter this time. But I decided to leave the ending super open ended incase I accidently have to rethread it when this fic actually ends.

And yes, I'm really proud of the name Doubleganger Arle. That and Doppelganger Silvana and Doppelganger Doppelganger Arle are all acceptable.

You can all see why I went with Copy Amitie as the canon one, right? This is the last of the Doppelganger what ifs.

I'm not gonna make a chapter this graphic again. It's out of place in Puyo anyway. Not sure about Madou.

There was gonna be a chapter of Sil discussing her issues with her kindergarten teacher. It's too similar the the Akuma talk but with more connection and effort. It can't work anymore… Arle's teacher would've had a connection with Accord that implies that she got the mirror off of him. Then I wrote that the mirror have their origin in Amitie's world. OOPS!

If Silvana can't already keep herself in check when Arle comes to visit, she would've now if this chapter was canon.

And for none of those who asked, the Plaid on Sil's jacket is static. Like Stan (No relation to last part Stans) from the "Monkey Island" Series or Wes Weasley for "Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog". Just came up with that.

Speaking of last chapter's Stan, free chapter suggestion negotiation to the one who tells me from what exact piece of media where I got that name from. Read Alt 17 again if you must. Only one of you will get this prize.

Next up: One Last Retelling. NOT Cut From the Same Cloth!